Melbourne Magistrates Court heard the watch was found hours
later under Taylor's mattress in the dormitory of the Daily Planet
brothel in Elsternwick.

After a magistrate yesterday considered issuing a subpoena for
Mr Han to attend and adjourned the hearing, prosecutor Kim Swadesir
announced his statement would be withdrawn from the case and the
Crown would not rely on him to prove its case. After then hearing
from the police investigator and brief submissions from defence
barrister David Lashko, magistrate Felicity Broughton found there
was enough evidence for Taylor to stand trial.

Taylor, now 20, of Docklands, pleaded not guilty to the
charge.

Ms Swadesir said earlier that police decided against flying Mr
Han back after he told police he would not return to Australia nor
appear at the hearing.

Casino Mahogany Room executive host Christopher Chin said in a
statement that he was told to help Mr Han get a female escort about
11.40pm on January 27 last year. Mr Chin said he organised a
limousine to take Mr Han to a South Melbourne brothel where he
looked over escorts before he went to the Daily Planet. He returned
Mr Han and Taylor to the casino. He said later he saw Taylor hug
and kiss Mr Han as she left his room.

Taylor is accused of taking Mr Han's made-to-order, one-off
Patek Philippe watch from a drawer in a bedside table. She told
police in an interview she took the watch because Mr Han "did some
things I wasn't happy with... it was just something he did".

Taylor, who thought the watch was a fake, felt she "wanted to
get him back", but denied she intended to sell it. Mr Lashko
submitted that she had intended to return the watch, had given a
reason for taking it and should be discharged of the offence.